If I Don’t Earn 1 Trillion Won, My Regression Ends - Chapter 17

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Episode 17

…What?

Dice? Here?

Once again, it was automatic, forced activation.

The frozen world urged me to hurry up.

Shaking off my bewilderment, I hastily wiped away my tears, then looked down at the dice that had reappeared in my hand and threw it with a flick.

【Challenger: 4 × 24 = 96】

【Examiner: 2 × 47 = 94】

【96 VS 94 : Victory!】

【Due to the challenger’s victory, relationship information with ‘Ham Gyeong-seok’ has been partially unlocked.】

【Relationship – Ham Gyeong-seok, born 1969】

【Category: Culture·Arts (Film Director)】

【Potential: ★★★★☆

Destiny Power: ★☆☆☆☆

Compatibility: (Unknown)

Relationship Level: (Unknown)】

【How tragic! Could there be another person this contradictory? Born with talent ranging from maximum Oscar to minimum Blue Dragon, but alas. Fate has branded him with the mark of misfortune.

The question is whether you’ll believe in a grain of miracle and take that unlucky hand! It’s regrettable that the victory was by just a paper-thin margin. Think carefully about when the dice automatically activates.】

Suddenly my tears stopped completely.

They dried right up.

As if I had never cried, I began moving again with a very cold heart, looking at the people—especially those unlucky green horn-rimmed glasses.

Yun Yirae looked at me and smiled as if things had worked out well, but I couldn’t return the smile.

I wanted to ask right away.

‘Um, excuse me… do I really have to do this commercial?’

If only I could avoid that unlucky star over there, I’d be fine with giving up the 20 million won…

♧

I thought in an anguished pose.

I came to this audition hall for nothing…!

Can someone be made this ragged in just a few hours?

“Let’s wait for now. They said they’d let us know the results soon. From Mom’s perspective, the situation isn’t bad! Who would have known Chamsol’s mom would be here! The world is really small.”

I knew it, Mother.

“Phew~ What a mess. What is all this about? Kids these days are really something. Is it because they’re kids trying to become celebrities? When they grow up, they’ll probably really grab each other’s hair and fight!”

“Mmm…”

It’s definitely different from the 2020s when people fought with nasty comments from their rooms. To go straight for physical confrontation and fury on the spot…

“It’s the end times, really! Mom almost fainted.”

“But you seemed to be watching with too much excitement…”

“Anyway, is my daughter okay? Oh my~ my poor daughter! They say lightning strikes from a clear sky, but my daughter got a water strike at the audition hall!”

Is this lady mocking her own daughter right now?

Mom’s lips kept twitching as she tried to hold back laughter.

I was too exhausted to even glare. I was really troubled about whether I’d end up contracting with that star of misfortune…

‘Forced activation again.’

When the dice first force-activated, Bae Seo-nyeok’s relationship level was 4 stars. That means Director Ham Gyeong-seok must also be a relationship with a score no less than his.

But why?

Why are they all entertainment industry figures?

‘Oh, could it be…!’

Maybe I actually have world-class acting talent that industry professionals can spot at a glance, but I don’t know. Sing-a knows nothing. Is this the situation?

Seosing-a’s hubris?!

“Haha! No, ma’am! You could think that way. But rather than thinking that just because she passed, Sing-a shows exceptional talent in this field, um… it would be better to think of it as ‘this commercial matched well with Sing-a’s image.'”

“…”

Madam Bang Suk-yeong, who had reluctantly asked ‘Is our daughter’s talent really that amazing?’ due to her daughter’s urging and threats, glared at me with a flushed face.

I pretended not to see and turned my head as if I wasn’t part of their group.

“Of course, I’m saying this conservatively because I care about Sing-a. After all, entering this path, especially at such a young age like Sing-a, requires careful consideration.”

“You don’t need to comfort me, Chamsol’s mom… My child just can’t be modest…”

I started looking around.

Wondering if there was anywhere to hide…

Yun Yirae let out a small laugh and waved her hands dismissively.

“Don’t be like that. I told you I was being conservative. Actually, seeing how the director picked Sing-a at first sight and stubbornly pushed through to the end, there must have been something distinctly different that caught the director’s eye. Right, Director?”

At Yun Yirae’s words, Director Ham Gyeong-seok, who had been silent the whole time, nodded.

“I saw it, I did. Definitely.”

“…”

So… what exactly did you see?

Mom, me, and even Yun Yirae all waited with expectant eyes for the continuation, but Ham Gyeong-seok just kept his mouth firmly shut.

“…Haha. Our director is quite a man of few words.”

Yun Yirae hurriedly smoothed over the atmosphere, but I found it hard to swallow the words rising to my throat.

‘Are you sure? Are you really sure?’

Are you sure you can entrust a multi-million dollar commercial to these unlucky green horn-rimmed glasses?

Are you all confident it won’t fail?

‘Aunt Yirae! Even if the commercial completely fails, you’ll definitely give me the 20 million won, right!’

♧

“No~ daughter. My daughter. There’s no such clause in the contract, okay? Mom checked everything?”

“Look again. Look properly. If there’s a clause about paying penalty fees if it fails, our family will really be in big trouble. We’ll be ruined.”

“Why are you being so unlucky, worrying about failure before even filming the commercial?!”

“Mom doesn’t know! You don’t know anything! Waaah!”

“—Excuse me.”

We mother and daughter, who had been bickering, turned around simultaneously.

The lobby of the building, now empty as everyone had left.

Someone who had emerged from behind a pillar hesitated briefly, then walked toward us with determined steps.

A girl with shoulder-length hair and a Kim Hee-sun headband.

It was Namihee, who had splashed dirty mop water on me earlier.

“Oh my, you’re—”

“How much should I give you for dry cleaning?”

She cut off Mom’s words and asked that directly.

I narrowed my eyes.

‘Did she wait here all this time just to ask this?’

Alone?

The time spent inside waiting for the meeting results after the audition ended, then discussing while drafting the contract, had been quite long…

“What did you say?”

“Dry cleaning fees. How much?”

“Child. What’s that— No, more importantly. If you want to apologize for doing something wrong, you should just say you’re sorry.”

“That’s why I’m offering to pay for the dry cleaning, lady. And it was an accident, okay? You passed the audition, so what’s the problem? If anything, you stood out because of me, didn’t you?”

Beyond brazen, it was numbing.

Is this 90s kid style?

Both Mother and I wanted to immediately ask about this child’s family elders and home education- but wait a minute.

「Don’t you know that Namihee girl?! She’s an orphan! She’s an orphan living off her aunt’s family, so she doesn’t even go to school and goes around making money! Beggar!」

「Tsk, Lee Seon-yeop! You stop it too!」

「Look, the beggar’s running away! I guess she does know shame? An orphan beggar who can’t even attend school, always pretending to have money- Ack! It’s cold!」

“…Never mind. Just go on your way.”

Mrs. Bang seemed to have recalled the same scene as me. She shook her head and grabbed my hand to pull me away from the spot.

But our reaction seemed to have properly struck something in Namihee.

“What’s with those looks? Don’t tell me you’re pitying me? I don’t need it! I’m offering to pay for dry cleaning, so why won’t you take it? Who exactly are you pitying right now!”

Both her response and voice were very sudden and sharp.

Namihee glared at us with eyes that had instantly welled up.

I felt Mother’s hand trembling with bewilderment and became calmer instead.

‘This kid has incredibly strong pride.’

Is it a self-defense mechanism?

Actually, you can tell just by looking at how she dresses.

If what Lee Seon-yeop was babbling about is true, her circumstances aren’t very good, yet the child who caught the most attention the moment she entered the audition hall was Namihee right in front of us.

Her appearance was so neat and extremely sophisticated that anyone would think this child is receiving plenty of care from adults.

But as they say, showing off reveals what’s lacking – the more someone puts effort into their appearance, the more it means they’re very conscious of people’s gazes.

“Pity? That’s not what I meant.”

“Who are you calling lady! That’s funny. How well-off are you? Looking at how you go around, you’re also pretty-“

I couldn’t stand it anymore and cut her off.

“Stop it.”

“Stop what. You little thing, shut up and get lost.”

“You shut up. What kind of way is that to talk to my mother?”

“What?”

“Does your aunt know you go around throwing money like this outside? Fine, if you want to fight with my mother, go get an adult – your aunt or whoever! You’re not qualified!”

Attacking my mother right in front of me?

Even a total loser has lines that can’t be crossed.

The fact that I’ve regressed is something only I need to forget. Let’s have a pure junior weight class match.

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